From August 29–31, 2025, CPG Director Henning Glaser took part in the Thailand Security Dialogue 2025: Peace and Security in a World of Global Disruption, serving as a moderator. The conference, organized by the National Defence Studies Institute (NDSI) of the Royal Thai Armed Forces and held at The Athenee Hotel in Bangkok, brought together national and international leaders and experts to discuss pressing regional and global security challenges and explore strategies for addressing them.

Nearly 40 speakers contributed to the event, including current and former Thai ministers, senior diplomats, military leaders, academics, business executives, and representatives of civil society. Among the participating flag officers were the Chiefs of the Armed Forces of Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia, and Canada.

The conference opened with remarks by General Pongtep Gaewchaiyo, Commanding General of the NDSI, and featured keynote addresses by Surakiart Sathirathai, former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, and Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation. At the official dinner, Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Social Development and Human Security, delivered a special address hosted by General Songwit Noonpackdee, Chief of Defence Forces of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. General Songwit also delivered the closing remarks and participated in the first panel.

The panel moderated by CPG Director Henning Glaser focused on transnational crime and its implications for Southeast Asian security. Panelists included Benedikt Hoffmann, Deputy Regional Representative of the UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific; Jason Tower, Senior Expert for Southeast Asia at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), Switzerland; and Asst. Prof. Dr. Bhanubhatra Jittiang, Faculty of Political Science at Chulalongkorn University and Thailand’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights.